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Written question asked by Lord Krebs (Crossbench) on Tuesday, 2 December 2014, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 16 December 2014. It was answered by Lord De Mauley (Conservative) on Tuesday, 16 December 2014 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Climate Change

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord De Mauley on 18 November (HL2662), what proportion of the £1.6 million spent by the Environment Agency’s Climate Ready Programme is allocated to communicating to the wider public, as opposed to organisations, the risks, opportunities and impacts of climate change on the well-being and economy of the United Kingdom.

Answer

The Environment Agency’s Climate Ready support service focuses on the priority risks and sectors in the National Adaptation Programme report, published by the Government in July 2013 and, therefore, targets organisations rather than the general public.

The service provides advice and support to help businesses, public sector and other organisations to adapt and build resilience to climate change. Support service work is available directly to the public, including the Climate Ready bulletin that is produced on a monthly basis and sent out to anyone who has registered to receive it. These bulletins publicise the events and information that the service and its partners continue to make available.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL3378
Session
2014-15
Related items
Climate Change
Tuesday, 18 November 2014
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects
Climate change Expenditure Environment Agency
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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